Spencer v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, Edward O. Spencer, while in the employ of the defendant, Chicago and North Western Railway Company, by reason of an accident at or near defendant’s California avenue yard on the 14th of October, 1926. A trial resulted in a verdict of the jury for the sum of $30,000, which was reduced by the trial court to the sum of $22,500 the plaintiff having remitted $7,500 and judgment entered thereupon. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled and from the judgment this appeal is perfected.

The facts show that the…